556 Canon Tristram on Birds from the, 



C. {Hermotimia) H. corinnee similis, sed paullo major; pileo 

 plus aurato ; gutture clialybeo-Cceruleo, minime purpu- 

 rascente, rostro longissimo ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 

 This Sun-bird^ belonging to the Hermotimia group, much 

 resembles H. aspasioides. But it may at once be discrimi- 

 naieil by its beak, which is much longer than in any other 

 member of the family, and by the metallic coloration of the 

 crown, which is intermediate between the metallic dark green 

 of C. corinnce and the golden hue of C. auriceps. The throat 

 is of a resplendent metallic blue, without any of the purple 

 hue which characterizes most of the other members of the 

 genus. Though difficult to express in words, the marked 

 distinctions are recognizable at a glance. I have named this 

 bird after one whose neat fingers have often assisted me in 

 ornithological work. 



11. Myzomela forbesi. Rams. 



One male specimen. Fergusson Island. 

 Described originally by Mr. E. P. Eamsay from Wood- 

 lark Island. 



12. MoNARCHA ALECTO, Tcmm. 

 Male and female. Joannet Island. 



13. Chibia propinqua, sp. nov. 



Two specimens. D'Entrecasteaux Islands. 

 C. Chibiae lamosticice (Sclat.) propinqua, sed differt maculis 

 nitentibus colli antici imi et pectoris summi valde an- 

 gustioribus, et elongatis, neque, sicut in C. carbonaria, 

 rotuudatis. Statura sicut in C. Icemosticta. 

 The distinctions in this species are more easily seen by 

 comparison than recognized by description. 



14. COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA (Thunb.) . 



Two specimens. St. Aignans. 



15. PoDARGUs PAPUENSis, Quoy & G. 

 Two specimens. 



16. EURYSTOMUS PACIFICUS (Lath.). 



One specimen. 



